Comments on: Can Lego be considered art? http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: lvdata http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1286929 lvdata Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1286929 It was more that lego is singular and legos are plural, and a excuse to make a bad pun. It was more that lego is singular and legos are plural, and a excuse to make a bad pun.

]]> By: Ant http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1286271 Ant Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1286271 Everything can be art! ;) Everything can be art! ;)

]]> By: BTWBFDIMHO http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1285334 BTWBFDIMHO Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1285334 Ecco Ecco

]]> By: Timothy Gould http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1285313 Timothy Gould Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1285313 I think you'll find LEGO is singular and plural to most of the world. I think you’ll find LEGO is singular and plural to most of the world.

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1285283 benher Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1285283 Years ago at the University of Minnesota, there was an exhibit called "Absence Present" (I think that was the title) focusing on modern day reactions to the holocaust.  One enterprising artist constructed lego death camps, including ludicrously detailed boxes and instruction manuals.  The piece was controversial not only because of the unpleasantness of the holocaust in general, but because people were upset about the inclusion of a "Children's toy" in the show...  This was before the lego figures had a myriad of expressions and there was something especially unsettling about the grinning guards, plastic skeletons, and grey torture rooms.  It generated more reaction and response from the audience than many of the oil paintings or other "traditional" mediums in the show.  Saying Lego isn't a valid medium of expression is obviously absurd.  I enjoy Lego art as much as the Minecraft, Machina, cupcakes, and cross stich mediums o that show up on BB with regularly.  Who are these "some people claim[ing]" this isn't so?  Years ago at the University of Minnesota, there was an exhibit called “Absence Present” (I think that was the title) focusing on modern day reactions to the holocaust. 

One enterprising artist constructed lego death camps, including ludicrously detailed boxes and instruction manuals. 
The piece was controversial not only because of the unpleasantness of the holocaust in general, but because people were upset about the inclusion of a “Children’s toy” in the show… 
This was before the lego figures had a myriad of expressions and there was something especially unsettling about the grinning guards, plastic skeletons, and grey torture rooms. 
It generated more reaction and response from the audience than many of the oil paintings or other “traditional” mediums in the show. 

Saying Lego isn’t a valid medium of expression is obviously absurd. 
I enjoy Lego art as much as the Minecraft, Machina, cupcakes, and cross stich mediums o that show up on BB with regularly. 

Who are these “some people claim[ing]” this isn’t so? 

]]> By: Jesseham http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1285190 Jesseham Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1285190 It only took one toilet. It only took one toilet.

]]> By: Palomino http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1285185 Palomino Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1285185 No, but it's a great meme right now.  No, but it’s a great meme right now. 

]]> By: flosofl http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1285181 flosofl Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1285181 Did you even read what he (or she... hell I don't know) said? He (or she) said Lego is the MEDIUM through which art is produced. Are you so ready for an argument you have to invent one? Did you even read what he (or she… hell I don’t know) said? He (or she) said Lego is the MEDIUM through which art is produced.

Are you so ready for an argument you have to invent one?

]]> By: Dimmer http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1285178 Dimmer Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1285178 Well, the heck with you lvdata: lego is as versatile and innovative as any other medium we've thought up/shat out our asses and smeared on canvas. Lego is art as soon as we say it is, just like every other thing. Well, the heck with you lvdata: lego is as versatile and innovative as any other medium we’ve thought up/shat out our asses and smeared on canvas. Lego is art as soon as we say it is, just like every other thing.

]]> By: marilove http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1285040 marilove Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1285040 I too thought of that White Stripes video!  One of their best.  I miss them.  Their videos were always stellar pieces of art. I too thought of that White Stripes video!  One of their best.  I miss them.  Their videos were always stellar pieces of art.

]]> By: Terry Border http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1285007 Terry Border Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1285007 Anything can be art. Is it any good? That's the real question. The answer is- probably not, with some exceptions. Anything can be art. Is it any good? That’s the real question. The answer is- probably not, with some exceptions.

]]> By: lvdata http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1284995 lvdata Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1284995 Lego is not art. A pixel is not art. You need a LOT of legoS to make art. Lego is just a building block to make great artwork. Lego is not art. A pixel is not art. You need a LOT of legoS to make art. Lego is just a building block to make great artwork.

]]> By: CP-S http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1284989 CP-S Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1284989 I feel like lego art is art in exactly the same way Origami is art. You start with a mostly standardized product in both cases (bricks of various sizes, shapes, and colors; paper of various sizes, shapes, and colors) and create something artistic by putting the standardized products together in physically/intellectually/emotionally affecting ways. Like @twitter-9437802:disqus said--look at Readymades! I feel like lego art is art in exactly the same way Origami is art. You start with a mostly standardized product in both cases (bricks of various sizes, shapes, and colors; paper of various sizes, shapes, and colors) and create something artistic by putting the standardized products together in physically/intellectually/emotionally affecting ways. Like @twitter-9437802:disqus said–look at Readymades!

]]> By: andyhavens http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1284975 andyhavens Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1284975 Lego art is art. [being dad pride] My son made a Lego t-shirt ferris wheel for Think Geek contest... and won! One part of the prize was an original, signed Sawaya, which is now in our living room and is awesome. Video of said shirt is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqYOjDvxHts [/dad pride] Lego art is art. [being dad pride] My son made a Lego t-shirt ferris wheel for Think Geek contest… and won! One part of the prize was an original, signed Sawaya, which is now in our living room and is awesome.

Video of said shirt is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqYOjDvxHts

[/dad pride]

]]> By: Jon Thompson http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1284972 Jon Thompson Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1284972 This is a silly, and very old, discussion. Do a search for Dadaism, Marcel Duchamp, and Readymades. Art itself is not a serious artistic medium. Thinking of it as such is an attempt to box in that which cannot be boxed- human creativity. This is a silly, and very old, discussion. Do a search for Dadaism, Marcel Duchamp, and Readymades.

Art itself is not a serious artistic medium. Thinking of it as such is an attempt to box in that which cannot be boxed- human creativity.

]]> By: Zoran Ivancic http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1284964 Zoran Ivancic Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1284964 http://www.miha-strukelj.com/index.php?id=52 another artist that sometimes uses LEGO. Presented LEGO work at Biennale at Venice http://www.miha-strukelj.com/index.php?id=52 another artist that sometimes uses LEGO. Presented LEGO work at Biennale at Venice

]]> By: seyo http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1284960 seyo Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1284960 I'll settle this once and for all: legos can be used to make art, just like anything else in the universe can. That is all. Also, the White Stripes video using legos to make stop motion animations is brilliant, and it too is art. There once was a time when moving pictures (film, video, etc) weren't considered art, and those days are long gone. I’ll settle this once and for all: legos can be used to make art, just like anything else in the universe can. That is all. Also, the White Stripes video using legos to make stop motion animations is brilliant, and it too is art. There once was a time when moving pictures (film, video, etc) weren’t considered art, and those days are long gone.

]]> By: Catherine Winters http://boingboing.net/2011/12/01/can-lego-be-considered-art.html#comment-1284949 Catherine Winters Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132538#comment-1284949 Why would this even be a contentious issue? The Mona Lisa's still art, despite it being made out of paint. Why would this even be a contentious issue? The Mona Lisa’s still art, despite it being made out of paint.

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